Business & Economy

Weidner Investment Services Inc. owns 4,000 apartments in Anchorage, which is a fraction of the more than 38,000 units the company owns in the Twin Cities, Seattle, Phoenix, Colorado, Texas, Canada’s Alberta and Saskatchewan provinces, and other markets.

Three former state transportation commissioners told the Minnesota Transportation Conference to work across the aisle to get things done, consider transportation’s legacy for future generations, and take a bigger-picture view of infrastructure investment.

The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry hopes to increase participation especially of women and minorities entering apprenticeship programs by 2017 to help off-set an expected shortage of skilled labor.